Buy-to-let

Average length of time in PRS rises to 14 years

A survey of more than 800 Private Rented Sector (PRS) tenants has found high...

Brokers need to keep generating new business

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has warned that brokers could find themselves short of new business now...

Pre-Stamp Duty surcharge stampede for completions

Last month saw the number of buy-to-let valuations carried out ridse by 34% compared to...

CHL targets ‘mid-year’ return to BTL lending

CHL Mortgages is to return to lending under the CHL for Intermediaries brand. In a...

20% annual rise in gross purchase advances

The Bank of England says the proportion of lending for house purchase in the...

Broker Conveyancing reports strong start to 2016

Broker Conveyancing has revealed that its total number of sale instructions combined for January and...

New deal seeks to improve property inventory submission

The Deposit Protection Service (the DPS) has said that its new agreement with Imfuna...

Eviction rates fall following healthier tenant finances

The latest Tenant Arrears Tracker by estate agency chains Your Move and Reeds Rains has found that...

Fleet to expand lending proposition

Fleet Mortgages has made the first in a series of product and criteria changes that will...

BTL brokers remain positive despite tax changes

56% of Shawbrook Bank clients are planning on purchasing a buy-to-let property within the...

Property Partner secures new investment

Property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has announced the successful completion of a £15.9m funding round. It...

Older people buying to let to retire

Research from Prudential has identified a trend of ‘buy-to-let-to-retire’ among older people. 20% over-55s...

EQUIS reports 30% increase in loans written

EQUIS has revealed that its members wrote loans worth over £1.1 billion in 2015, representing...

2015 a “brilliant year” for the bridging sector

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that gross annual bridging lending surpassed...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...